Description

Virgin Mary Sweet Kissing on Azure Background with adorned halo

The greatness of the Orthodox iconography is the following. It manages through the intense spirituality of the pictorial forms, to lead people to a transcendental way of worship and prayer.

SWEET KISSING VIRGIN MARY – COMPOSITION & MATERIALS USED

In this specific work that Father Pefkis has created, the iconographic type of Virgin Mary is adorned with a halo as well as a helical stem and white flowers. The quality silk-screen printing with its handmade finishing and the entire hagiographic composition have undergone artificial aging.

The Athonite tradition is alive in the works of Father Pefkis who has studied the art of iconography at the Athonite Ecclesiastical Academy of Mount Athos.